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A Belarussian interior ministry officer jumps over an obstacle with his guard dog as they take part in a show of skills competition ahead of the ministry's 60th anniversary, at their base near the village of Gorany, west of Minsk. Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters

A woman sorts through marigolds at a flower market in Mumbai. Vivek Prakash/Reuters

Tourists take pictures in front of the statue of Christ the Redeemer, lit up in the colors of Germany's national flag, in Rio de Janeiro. The lit statue celebrates the anniversary of the reunification of the Germany, which was on October 3, 1990. Ricardo Moraes/Reuters

German Chancellor Angela Merkel briefs the media after a meeting the President of the Yemen Abd Rabbuh Mansur Al-Hadi (unseen) at the chancellery in Berlin. Markus Schreiber/AP

Pakistani women carry water they collected over their heads, while waiting for other women (not pictured) on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A tiger cub rests at a nursery room at the Shanghai Zoo in Shanghai, China. Eugene Hoshiko/AP

Photographers and spectators watch as a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The rocket is carrying a Global Positioning System IIF-3 satellite for the US Air Force. Craig Bailey/Florida Today/AP

A Russian Orthodox priest conducts a memorial service for people killed in 1993 clashes between the government and the opposition in Moscow, Russia. On Oct. 4, 1993, tanks and troops flushed rebellious lawmakers from the parliament building following two days of street fighting in the Russian capital. The names on the portraits are written in Cyrillic. Mikhail Metzel/AP

Camels feed during the World Animal Day in Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki, Finland. Jarno Mela/AP

An employee works at a steel mill 'Interpipe Steel' in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. Interpipe is a producer of steel pipes in Eastern and Central Europe. Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters

An Islamic Jihad militant stands guard during a rally marking the 25th anniversary of the movement's foundation in Gaza City. Suhaib Salem/Reuters

The church spires of the Familienkirche are silhouetted against the sky during sunrise in Vienna. Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters

Christian supporters of Israel hold flags as they take part in an annual parade during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in Jerusalem. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

This image provided by the San Diego Zoo shows a cub panda during a routine medical exam at the zoo in San Diego. The 9-week-old panda cub at the San Diego Zoo was more alert during his exam this week. Ken Bohn/AP

City workers walk near St Paul's Cathedral in London. The Bank of England shied away from stepping up its program of government bond buying as the economy is showing signs of growth and new schemes to boost credit may yet spur lending. Luke MacGregor/Reuters

Cecilia Villegas throws a fishing line along the sea of the Pacific coast of Cano Ciego Island near Puntarenas city. Villegas leaves her home in Cano Ciego Island every morning to fish, which is her only means of survival. Fishing is the only source of income for the the thirty families in this small island. Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters

Unharvested corn stands south of Council Bluffs, Iowa. America's worst drought in decades is showing no sign of letting up in several key Midwest farming states, worrying farmers harvesting the summer's withered corn crop in record time that their winter crops may also be at risk. Nati Harnik/AP

A Golfina turtle hatchling crawls into ocean after being released on San Diego Beach in La Libertad, El Salvador. Ulises Rodriguez/Reuters

Steam rises at a coking plant at the steelworks of German steel maker ThyssenKrupp AG in Bruckhausen, a suburb of the western German city of Duisburg. Ina Fassbender/Reuters

A Catholic priest sprinkles holy water to bless butterflies as part of the celebration of the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi inside the Malabon zoo in Malabon city, north of Manila. Romeo Ranoco/Reuters

Videoton's supporters celebrate after their team scored a goal against Sporting Lisboa during their Europe League soccer match in Szekesfehervar, Hungary. Bernadett Szabo/Reuters

A lemur peers from its cage at Belgrade Zoo, Serbia. Darko Vojinovic/AP

A multiple exposure picture shows Russia's Elena Vesnina hitting a shot during her third round women's singles match against Belarus' Victoria Azarenka at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing. David Gray/Reuters

People attend as victims are buried, in Akcakale, Turkey. Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second day, but said it has no intention of declaring war, despite tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. AP

Swans swim in a pond, in St.Petersburg, Russia. Dmitry Lovetsky/AP

People gather at a steel mill 'Interpipe Steel', with an installation created by artist Olafur Eliasson seen inside, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters